Tomato sauce/ketchup preparation at home

tomato sauce is one of the universal recipes that go well with almost everything from western dishes to our traditional eastern culture.

It can be used as one of the ingredients in a recipe or side dishes and plays a great role in sandwiches, burger, pizzas, samosas, chats, idly, dosa, and many other dishes.

I love tomato sauce! and learned to prepare it. though it is the first time it turned out very well and tasted yummy and that's why I wanted to share my recipe of yummy sauce. 
lets now see the recipe for the preparation of tomato sauce.

ingredients required 


Red ripe tomatoes 1 kg
clove 2
cinnamon 1 inch 
garlic 3 pods 
small onion 1
ginger 1-inch piece
green chilli 1 (this can be modified as per your taste )
red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
salt 
sugar 1 1/2 cups 
vinegar (if you are storing for a longer period )


preparation:


wash and cut the tomatoes, prepare them.

chop tomatoes for tomato sauce
chopped tomatoes 
now heat a Kadai/pan and cook the tomatoes 


saute tomato in a pan






now put cloves, cinnamon, garlic, onion, chilies, and ginger in a small white cloth and tie a knot.





make a small bag out of these ingredients 
now put the bag into the tomato and cook the tomato in low flame for at least 10 - 15 minutes.

cooked tomato 
now allow the cooked tomato to cool down and take it in a mixer jar



remove the bag and squeeze the bag to extract the essence of the ingredients in the bag 






squeeze the bag in jar 


now grind the tomatoes to make a fine tomato paste.


grind the tomatoes in a jar 


finely ground tomato pulp
now filter the pulp in a strainer to remove the seed and peel particles out of it.

filter the pulp in a strainer 
now add the filtered pulp in a pan and cook it in low flame.

add salt, sugar, and vinegar and cook for few minutes in low flame.



add salt 


add sugar
add chili powder and mix well 

add chilli powder
Allow it to cool down and transfer the sauce in an airtight container and store well. 


cooked tomato ketchup
finger-licking good ! yummy tasty sauce ready to be served with any of your main dishes.


Tomato sauce/ ketchup
Tomato sauce/ ketchup

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